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The Netherlands Defeats Japan

DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — The Netherlands is showing it doesn’t have to be flashy to win.
Wesley Sneijder scored the only goal Saturday and the Netherlands beat Japan 1-0, its second straight World Cup win and the second time the Dutch couldn’t produce the kind of offensive show they were expected to bring to South Africa.
Sneijder’s 53rd-minute strike finally broke through a Japanese defense that had stifled Oranje creativity in front of 62,010 fans at Moses Mabhida Stadium.
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